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With just one holiday weekend between now and Tuesday's Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa, there's another poll signalling that it could be a close battle at the top between former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas).

Verizon said it was scrapping its plans because of customer feedback. The fee caused an uproar on the Internet.

The tiny island's shift from one side of the International Dateline to the other means people there jumped from Thursday to Saturday.

There are reports of nail bombs being fired by security forces and of some deaths.

Also: "outrage" over Verizon's planned fee; Romney and Paul are 1 and 2 in new Iowa poll; Samoa skips Friday.

Sears Holdings plans to close 100 to 120 of its locations as it seeks to cut costs. So far, Florida is home to the most that will be shuttered — 11.

A little over half of the people we surveyed said they'll resolve to exercise more in 2012. More than a third will resolve to lose weight. And 13 percent say they'll commit to either quitting smoking or reducing how much they smoke.

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Twin GRAIL spacecraft on a mission to study lunar gravity are nearing the end of their almost four month journey. The probes are expected to reach the moon on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. GRAIL's principal investigator, Maria Zuber of MIT talks about the data they hope to collect.

The judge threw the federal agency a curve ball when he refused to OK a settlement with Citigroup, saying those kinds of deals obscure facts that the public has a right to know. Thursday, the standoff erupted into a bit of legal drama.